Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
Quarterly Data
Liquidity ratios measure the company ability to meet its short-term obligations.
Liquidity Ratios (Summary)
Palo Alto Networks Inc., liquidity ratios (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31).
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. current ratio improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 not reaching Q3 2024 level. |
| Quick ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. quick ratio improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025. |
| Cash ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. cash ratio deteriorated from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then improved from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 exceeding Q3 2024 level. |
Current Ratio
Palo Alto Networks Inc., current ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Oct 31, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 | Oct 31, 2018 | |||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current assets | 6,242,700) | 6,849,700) | 5,918,800) | 6,446,700) | 6,477,600) | 6,048,000) | 6,413,600) | 5,405,800) | 5,733,500) | 6,414,900) | 5,697,600) | 4,868,600) | 4,839,100) | 4,647,300) | 4,140,900) | 4,275,800) | 4,300,900) | 5,129,200) | 3,014,000) | 3,978,200) | 3,649,800) | 3,664,800) | 3,717,500) | 3,487,500) | 3,815,200) | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | 7,402,700) | 7,682,700) | 7,084,800) | 7,765,500) | 7,513,400) | 7,737,500) | 8,641,200) | 8,475,100) | 8,195,100) | 8,306,300) | 7,677,200) | 7,406,400) | 7,144,400) | 5,116,700) | 3,007,300) | 4,376,300) | 2,635,100) | 2,691,700) | 2,335,700) | 2,239,500) | 2,051,600) | 2,053,300) | 1,998,800) | 1,868,200) | 1,815,700) | ||||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ratio1 | 0.84 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.78 | 0.74 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.91 | 1.38 | 0.98 | 1.63 | 1.91 | 1.29 | 1.78 | 1.78 | 1.78 | 1.86 | 1.87 | 2.10 | ||||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current Ratio, Competitors2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | — | 1.10 | 1.16 | 1.26 | 1.33 | 1.30 | 1.37 | 1.29 | 1.26 | 1.23 | 1.27 | 1.23 | 1.22 | 1.25 | 1.42 | 1.39 | 1.45 | 1.40 | 1.37 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.40 | 1.34 | 1.35 | 1.33 | ||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | 1.11 | 1.16 | 1.05 | 1.34 | 1.25 | 1.16 | 1.12 | 1.11 | 1.14 | 1.07 | 1.04 | 1.25 | 1.39 | 1.31 | 1.27 | 1.48 | 1.44 | 1.29 | 1.23 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.97 | ||||||||
| Autodesk Inc. | 0.69 | 0.82 | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.84 | 0.73 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.69 | 0.81 | 0.50 | 0.48 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.60 | 0.56 | 0.64 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.92 | ||||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | 2.45 | 1.43 | 1.32 | 1.24 | 1.44 | 1.37 | 1.44 | 1.27 | 1.33 | 1.59 | 1.81 | 1.77 | 1.70 | 1.57 | 1.70 | 1.86 | 1.55 | 1.42 | 1.38 | 1.74 | 1.70 | 1.60 | 1.45 | ||||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 1.80 | 1.76 | 1.74 | 1.82 | 1.78 | 1.73 | 1.76 | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.83 | 1.90 | 1.98 | 2.07 | 2.65 | 1.91 | 2.18 | 2.25 | 2.38 | 2.53 | 2.94 | 1.03 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | 1.06 | 1.12 | 1.13 | 0.96 | 0.91 | 1.06 | 1.16 | 0.92 | 0.95 | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.84 | 0.93 | 0.98 | 1.05 | 1.04 | 0.96 | 1.02 | 1.09 | 1.83 | 1.36 | ||||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 1.24 | 1.29 | 1.50 | 1.17 | 1.25 | 1.47 | 1.51 | 1.23 | 1.37 | 1.39 | 1.63 | 1.18 | 2.10 | 1.94 | 1.96 | 1.53 | 3.09 | 2.26 | 1.79 | 1.67 | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.85 | 1.32 | 1.41 | ||||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 1.30 | 1.27 | 1.24 | 1.22 | 1.66 | 1.77 | 1.91 | 1.93 | 1.84 | 1.78 | 1.99 | 2.25 | 2.16 | 2.08 | 2.29 | 2.58 | 2.53 | 2.52 | 2.90 | 2.80 | 2.85 | 2.53 | 2.97 | 3.12 | 2.92 | ||||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 1.62 | 1.52 | 1.65 | 2.04 | 2.30 | 2.16 | 2.17 | 2.66 | 3.03 | 2.12 | 2.37 | 2.25 | 2.49 | 2.65 | 2.80 | 3.43 | ||||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 1.11 | 1.09 | 1.04 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 0.93 | 1.33 | 1.23 | 1.22 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 1.08 | 1.05 | 0.97 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 1.29 | ||||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | 1.13 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 1.08 | 1.14 | 1.17 | 1.11 | 1.24 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.05 | 1.13 | 1.08 | 1.23 | 1.21 | 1.40 | 1.17 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 1.10 | 1.13 | ||||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | 2.02 | 1.86 | 1.29 | 1.15 | 1.20 | 1.15 | 1.11 | 1.09 | 1.14 | 1.25 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.18 | 1.19 | 1.10 | 1.19 | 1.06 | 0.95 | 0.95 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.95 | 0.89 | ||||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31).
1 Q1 2025 Calculation
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 6,242,700 ÷ 7,402,700 = 0.84
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. current ratio improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 not reaching Q3 2024 level. |
Quick Ratio
Palo Alto Networks Inc., quick ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Oct 31, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 | Oct 31, 2018 | |||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 2,282,800) | 1,535,200) | 1,373,700) | 1,782,500) | 2,491,400) | 1,135,300) | 1,992,900) | 1,346,300) | 2,067,200) | 2,118,500) | 2,419,900) | 1,922,700) | 2,272,900) | 1,874,200) | 1,886,100) | 2,113,200) | 2,142,000) | 2,958,000) | 1,484,700) | 2,000,000) | 1,263,700) | 961,400) | 1,314,900) | 1,127,800) | 1,784,400) | ||||||||
| Short-term investments | 1,108,200) | 1,043,600) | 1,516,700) | 1,588,500) | 1,402,400) | 1,254,700) | 1,965,300) | 2,000,600) | 1,736,500) | 1,516,000) | 1,454,700) | 1,417,600) | 1,188,500) | 1,026,900) | 1,059,300) | 1,058,000) | 1,075,600) | 789,800) | 554,100) | 1,133,900) | 1,597,500) | 1,841,700) | 1,733,200) | 1,702,200) | 1,419,400) | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses | 1,132,900) | 2,618,600) | 1,715,400) | 1,896,300) | 1,413,000) | 2,463,200) | 1,443,600) | 1,278,100) | 1,238,100) | 2,142,500) | 1,240,600) | 952,200) | 812,100) | 1,240,400) | 766,800) | 669,200) | 675,500) | 1,037,100) | 668,800) | 540,300) | 499,200) | 582,400) | 407,500) | 415,000) | 382,300) | ||||||||
| Short-term financing receivables, net | 805,100) | 725,900) | 572,300) | 445,500) | 445,900) | 388,800) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | ||||||||
| Short-term deferred contract costs | 367,600) | 369,000) | 337,000) | 328,000) | 328,700) | 339,200) | 317,300) | 313,400) | 310,600) | 317,700) | 286,800) | 278,100) | 272,900) | 276,500) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | —) | ||||||||
| Total quick assets | 5,696,600) | 6,292,300) | 5,515,100) | 6,040,800) | 6,081,400) | 5,581,200) | 5,719,100) | 4,938,400) | 5,352,400) | 6,094,700) | 5,402,000) | 4,570,600) | 4,546,400) | 4,418,000) | 3,712,200) | 3,840,400) | 3,893,100) | 4,784,900) | 2,707,600) | 3,674,200) | 3,360,400) | 3,385,500) | 3,455,600) | 3,245,000) | 3,586,100) | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | 7,402,700) | 7,682,700) | 7,084,800) | 7,765,500) | 7,513,400) | 7,737,500) | 8,641,200) | 8,475,100) | 8,195,100) | 8,306,300) | 7,677,200) | 7,406,400) | 7,144,400) | 5,116,700) | 3,007,300) | 4,376,300) | 2,635,100) | 2,691,700) | 2,335,700) | 2,239,500) | 2,051,600) | 2,053,300) | 1,998,800) | 1,868,200) | 1,815,700) | ||||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick ratio1 | 0.77 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.81 | 0.72 | 0.66 | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.86 | 1.23 | 0.88 | 1.48 | 1.78 | 1.16 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 1.65 | 1.73 | 1.74 | 1.98 | ||||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Quick Ratio, Competitors2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | — | 0.98 | 1.03 | 1.13 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.24 | 1.15 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.14 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.14 | 1.31 | 1.27 | 1.34 | 1.29 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.28 | 1.29 | 1.22 | 1.23 | 1.22 | ||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | 0.97 | 1.02 | 0.93 | 1.22 | 1.12 | 1.03 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 1.11 | 1.25 | 1.18 | 1.12 | 1.34 | 1.28 | 1.11 | 1.06 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.62 | 0.86 | ||||||||
| Autodesk Inc. | 0.57 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.76 | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.62 | 0.72 | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.71 | 0.78 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.56 | 0.62 | 0.70 | 0.73 | 0.81 | ||||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | 2.00 | 1.06 | 0.96 | 0.94 | 1.10 | 1.10 | 1.19 | 1.02 | 1.13 | 1.36 | 1.56 | 1.47 | 1.48 | 1.33 | 1.43 | 1.59 | 1.44 | 1.30 | 1.22 | 1.50 | 1.50 | 1.43 | 1.27 | ||||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 1.64 | 1.60 | 1.59 | 1.66 | 1.63 | 1.58 | 1.62 | 1.66 | 1.68 | 1.68 | 1.76 | 1.81 | 1.93 | 2.50 | 1.76 | 2.01 | 2.07 | 2.18 | 2.36 | 2.76 | 0.87 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | 0.88 | 0.93 | 0.96 | 0.80 | 0.73 | 0.87 | 0.97 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.66 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.66 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.88 | 0.88 | 0.80 | 0.87 | 0.91 | 1.68 | 1.19 | ||||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 0.54 | 0.71 | 1.00 | 0.55 | 0.66 | 1.25 | 1.29 | 1.02 | 1.10 | 1.17 | 1.29 | 0.78 | 1.71 | 1.60 | 1.72 | 1.20 | 2.74 | 2.04 | 1.54 | 1.30 | 1.34 | 1.44 | 1.57 | 0.94 | 0.89 | ||||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 1.02 | 1.45 | 1.54 | 1.66 | 1.66 | 1.59 | 1.57 | 1.77 | 2.05 | 1.96 | 1.90 | 2.10 | 2.36 | 2.30 | 2.33 | 2.73 | 2.65 | 2.68 | 2.35 | 2.80 | 2.93 | 2.72 | ||||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 0.59 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.65 | 0.50 | 0.49 | 1.43 | 1.34 | 1.45 | 1.90 | 2.15 | 2.00 | 2.02 | 2.50 | 2.83 | 1.91 | 2.16 | 2.09 | 2.31 | 2.45 | 2.63 | 3.26 | ||||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 0.95 | 0.96 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.86 | 0.90 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.79 | 1.19 | 1.11 | 1.05 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.68 | 0.64 | 1.13 | ||||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | 1.05 | 1.03 | 0.98 | 1.00 | 1.01 | 1.08 | 1.11 | 1.06 | 1.17 | 1.06 | 1.06 | 1.01 | 1.07 | 1.03 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 1.33 | 1.11 | 0.98 | 0.98 | 0.99 | 1.04 | 1.06 | ||||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | 1.10 | 0.99 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.92 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.99 | 0.93 | 0.89 | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.83 | 0.94 | 0.82 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.67 | ||||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31).
1 Q1 2025 Calculation
Quick ratio = Total quick assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 5,696,600 ÷ 7,402,700 = 0.77
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Quick ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. quick ratio improved from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then deteriorated significantly from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025. |
Cash Ratio
Palo Alto Networks Inc., cash ratio calculation (quarterly data)
| Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Oct 31, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 | Oct 31, 2018 | |||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 2,282,800) | 1,535,200) | 1,373,700) | 1,782,500) | 2,491,400) | 1,135,300) | 1,992,900) | 1,346,300) | 2,067,200) | 2,118,500) | 2,419,900) | 1,922,700) | 2,272,900) | 1,874,200) | 1,886,100) | 2,113,200) | 2,142,000) | 2,958,000) | 1,484,700) | 2,000,000) | 1,263,700) | 961,400) | 1,314,900) | 1,127,800) | 1,784,400) | ||||||||
| Short-term investments | 1,108,200) | 1,043,600) | 1,516,700) | 1,588,500) | 1,402,400) | 1,254,700) | 1,965,300) | 2,000,600) | 1,736,500) | 1,516,000) | 1,454,700) | 1,417,600) | 1,188,500) | 1,026,900) | 1,059,300) | 1,058,000) | 1,075,600) | 789,800) | 554,100) | 1,133,900) | 1,597,500) | 1,841,700) | 1,733,200) | 1,702,200) | 1,419,400) | ||||||||
| Total cash assets | 3,391,000) | 2,578,800) | 2,890,400) | 3,371,000) | 3,893,800) | 2,390,000) | 3,958,200) | 3,346,900) | 3,803,700) | 3,634,500) | 3,874,600) | 3,340,300) | 3,461,400) | 2,901,100) | 2,945,400) | 3,171,200) | 3,217,600) | 3,747,800) | 2,038,800) | 3,133,900) | 2,861,200) | 2,803,100) | 3,048,100) | 2,830,000) | 3,203,800) | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | 7,402,700) | 7,682,700) | 7,084,800) | 7,765,500) | 7,513,400) | 7,737,500) | 8,641,200) | 8,475,100) | 8,195,100) | 8,306,300) | 7,677,200) | 7,406,400) | 7,144,400) | 5,116,700) | 3,007,300) | 4,376,300) | 2,635,100) | 2,691,700) | 2,335,700) | 2,239,500) | 2,051,600) | 2,053,300) | 1,998,800) | 1,868,200) | 1,815,700) | ||||||||
| Liquidity Ratio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash ratio1 | 0.46 | 0.34 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.52 | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.39 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.57 | 0.98 | 0.72 | 1.22 | 1.39 | 0.87 | 1.40 | 1.39 | 1.37 | 1.52 | 1.51 | 1.76 | ||||||||
| Benchmarks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash Ratio, Competitors2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | — | 0.26 | 0.30 | 0.32 | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.52 | 0.67 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.43 | ||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | 0.78 | 0.85 | 0.72 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.82 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.84 | 1.00 | 0.94 | 0.85 | 1.09 | 1.03 | 0.84 | 0.80 | 0.51 | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.61 | ||||||||
| Autodesk Inc. | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.44 | 0.55 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.44 | 0.41 | 0.54 | 0.61 | 0.70 | ||||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | 1.66 | 0.69 | 0.69 | 0.63 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.78 | 0.65 | 0.82 | 0.99 | 1.18 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 0.91 | 0.94 | 1.17 | 1.17 | 1.03 | 0.93 | 1.05 | 1.06 | 1.04 | 0.85 | ||||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 1.38 | 1.29 | 1.35 | 1.42 | 1.41 | 1.28 | 1.36 | 1.41 | 1.44 | 1.42 | 1.54 | 1.57 | 1.71 | 2.22 | 1.51 | 1.76 | 1.81 | 1.85 | 2.01 | 2.42 | 0.58 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.39 | 0.36 | 0.50 | 0.57 | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.24 | 0.32 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.31 | 0.36 | 0.41 | 0.37 | 0.30 | 0.24 | 0.31 | 1.10 | 0.47 | ||||||||
| Intuit Inc. | 0.39 | 0.54 | 0.76 | 0.24 | 0.45 | 0.97 | 0.97 | 0.54 | 0.82 | 0.90 | 1.09 | 0.48 | 1.52 | 1.46 | 1.52 | 1.02 | 2.69 | 2.00 | 1.46 | 1.03 | 1.28 | 1.39 | 1.46 | 0.67 | 0.84 | ||||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 0.68 | 0.60 | 0.68 | 0.67 | 1.15 | 1.07 | 1.22 | 1.22 | 1.23 | 1.10 | 1.35 | 1.62 | 1.62 | 1.47 | 1.74 | 1.96 | 1.97 | 1.89 | 2.34 | 2.25 | 2.35 | 1.93 | 2.44 | 2.54 | 2.41 | ||||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.32 | 1.12 | 1.12 | 1.21 | 1.70 | 1.93 | 1.77 | 1.81 | 2.26 | 2.50 | 1.64 | 1.88 | 1.89 | 2.03 | 2.23 | 2.43 | 3.07 | ||||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 0.76 | 0.53 | 0.61 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.48 | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.48 | 0.62 | 0.55 | 0.98 | 0.67 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.76 | 0.54 | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.40 | 0.91 | ||||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | 0.78 | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.66 | 0.73 | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.71 | 0.89 | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.67 | 0.80 | 0.76 | 0.94 | 0.83 | 1.04 | 0.82 | 0.68 | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.74 | 0.79 | ||||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | 0.79 | 0.66 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.67 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.70 | 0.51 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.47 | 0.58 | 0.51 | 0.42 | 0.34 | 0.42 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 0.29 | ||||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31).
1 Q1 2025 Calculation
Cash ratio = Total cash assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 3,391,000 ÷ 7,402,700 = 0.46
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Liquidity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Cash ratio | A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. cash ratio deteriorated from Q3 2024 to Q4 2024 but then improved from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 exceeding Q3 2024 level. |